Hi all shifu,
Need recommendation for casing.
-Budget RM300 +-
-good cable management
-good airflow
-middle tower

Thanks thanks thanks.

Hello Sifu, Im going to buy casing Xpredator X1... the casing price is rm165.. i like the design... is it ok?
Thanks

This post has been edited by anuar_mlk001: Feb 9 2014, 04:16 PM


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huhu long time never active and this is my first mission lol

Lotsa chassis fit your criteria, try looking these:

BitFenix Ronin
Cooler Master 690II / III / Scout II
Corsair 300R
Thermaltake ms-1

there are more but I believe these will be the main ones for consideration unless you have a larger budget

reviews are hard to come by with this chassis, price wise it it cheap for the features but my advice is to go and take a look at how solid the chassis is before buying it

would recommend the Ronin if watercooling is taken into account.
It's able to fit a H100 with push & pull config, but mobo dependent - no thermal armor etc.

CM Scout II is a great choice if you tends to move your PC a lot.
Corsair 300R, a solid one but no good clearance for to radiator.
Not much comment for the MS-1 from Thermaltake though, haven't tried one yet. lol

This post has been edited by lucidlts: Feb 10 2014, 11:51 AM

thank masters, and yes, I already bought the CM Storm Scout 2, a very solid build quality and cool grey color , only down side is it comes with only 1 led exhast fan.

lol yes, lotsa ppl complained about the fan package on the ScoutII but CM's fans are not the best out there after all so you have the option to add the ones you like

Using the scout 2 as well. Love it. Been using it over a year and amazingly there's still no dust inside. Just opened it up 2 weeks back to install a new GPU. In addition to the kit fan, I've installed additional 3 xigmatek fans and dust filters to go with it. Didn't do anything about the top cover though. I left it unfiltered since it's the outflow

yes, the 120mm stock red led fan is spinning very slow at full speed, I think only around 1000+- rpm showing in my software. feel like want to replace fan


wow cool, do you mind post some picture of your Scout 2 and fans installed?
I am currently using 2pcs 120mm CM Sickle FlowX red led as front intake but it running at 2000rpm full speed, very load wind blow sound.

This post has been edited by ronron: Feb 11 2014, 10:46 AM

https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...&#entry58158430

1 back, 2 side, 1 front. Sides and back installed with filter. Top and front left unfiltered outflow. This picture was taken before long ago.

Instead of high speed fans, why not invest on some quality fans that has low RPM but high static pressure?
Noctua fans, Noiseblocker fans, etc...

For casing fan i think better opt for high CFM than high static pressure....IMHO

for positive pressure setup perhaps? my 1 sen of course, still up to him to decide.

yes, would prefer positive pressure. less dust



wow, cool fan there, but is out of my budget.

do u mind sharing which header are u using to connect the fans? and how do u control the fan speed?

What do you mean which header? You mean connectors? It's just the standard fan connectors. I didn't mod it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_control

And I didn't control the speed either. I've overclocked the CPU to 4.5ghz but the temp seems stable at 50-70C while gaming , thus I left the fan speed alone. For testing purposes I can use SpeedFan. Since I don't fool around with the speed much, I didn't bother getting a dedication fan control box.

His mean is which fan header on the mobo that you connect to the fans (which header to which fan) as Z77X-D3H have several fan header...



This post has been edited by kherel77: Feb 12 2014, 09:29 AM

Yes I know. The motherboard does have multiple fan headers but these are all standard fan connectors, aren't they? Correct me if I'm wrong.

I don't quite get the question. I just connect whichever connector is nearest to fan. Is there any other type of header/connectors for fan? Or a specific way or order to connect the fans in?

This post has been edited by redlyfs: Feb 12 2014, 09:43 AM

should have 4-pin and 3-pin type of fan headers on the mobo.. usually the 4-pin are PWM type and is meant for the CPU cooler and most mobos will have at least 1

sorry for being out of thread topic. i asked because on the Z77X-D3H, only SYS_FAN_1 can be used to control the voltage(3pin fan); while SYS_FAN_2 and SYS_FAN_3 can only be used to control PWM fan